Category: The Meal Plan

There are so many things that I learn about and add them into my daily routine and then I forget that everyone else doesn’t already know about them too so I wanted to share this amazing concept 🙂

Seed cycling! The idea is that RAW seeds, freshly ground, have so many amazing health benefits and if you use certain seeds at different times of your cycle, it will help to regulate your hormone levels.

My daily routine includes a smoothie for either breakfast or lunch. I use a magic bullet for my smoothies. The smallest container that comes with it and the flat blade is our seed grinder. This keeps things simple for us. The regular blade is then washed and left out to dry so it is always ready to go when we are. My frozen berries are perfect for not adding sugars. These are approved for low FODMAP diet as well as almost every other book I have read on the subject of good things to not sabotage your day. You want to avoid sending your blood sugar levels on a rollercoaster so try to avoid banana, mango, pineapple, grapes and most other fruits when using

Fresh ground seeds! Sesame and Sunflower shown here

The finished product! Delicious!

a smoothie as a meal. If you want a sweet treat, you could add those fruits but be aware that they must be eaten in moderation.

Also in this picture is whole flax seeds, whole raw pumpkin seeds, frozen strawberries, frozen blueberries, unsweetened coconut milk and my Shaklee Vitalizing protein. This is part of days 1-14. My seeds will change to sesame seeds and sunflower seeds for days 15-28.

I hope this information helps give you relief from your hormonal symptoms. It sure has helped me!

UPDATE! Aldi’s has pasta now too! Make sure you buy a brown rice and quinoa pasta. It is delicious and nutritious!

My kids LOVE this meal. They devour it! Our version of this recipe no longer can be “bowtie pasta” because they don’t make a gluten free “bowtie”….

gluten free pasta- TJ’s spiral pasta works well

1 lb. ground sausage. We use Bowman and Landes turkey sausage

organic frozen chopped spinach

4 Tbsp butter

parmesan cheese

Brown and crumble the sausage in a pan. While that is cooking start a large pot of boiling water to cook pasta. Be sure to not overcook the pasta! Put the spinach in the microwave to heat up then drain the liquid off in colander. Add the spinach to the cooked sausage. Drain the pasta in the colander and add the butter to the hot pan then add the drained pasta. Then add the spinach and sausage. Serve with parmesan cheese grated over the top.

Now what!? Let’s eat!! Here are some must-have foods that I make sure to always have on hand. I will update this list as I think of things but NOTICE the only “gluten free” foods that I purchase are just a substitute to rice and quinoa products. We love our pasta noodles so definitely check out Trader Joe’s and Aldi’s for those! NOTE: this is a list for those who are looking to eliminate the 7 common food intolerances.

coconut oil

quinoa

organic black beans, navy beans, kidney beans for recipes

organic tomato sauce(read the labels! look for ones with no soybean oil)

roaster chicken(throw it in the oven in my dutch oven with salt, pepper and butter on 375 F, pick the chicken and then add water for broth) We can get two to three meals from this

quinoa/rice pasta(spirals) from Aldi’s or Trader Joe’s- I have recently found other good pastas in grocery stores but these are still my go-to pastas

quinoa

organic lettuce-romaine for salads, iceburg for lettuce wraps

organic bell peppers

organic cucumbers

organic carrots

cashews for snacking and recipes

almond and/or cashew butter for recipes

oats! Lots and lots of oats. If you start out gluten free, make sure that you use gluten free oats to make sure you are getting all gluten out of your system. Later on if you find that you are able to tolerate them, you won’t have to be so selective if you need to watch your budget.

local ground turkey and ground turkey sausage in freezer section

organic spinach frozen to add to recipes

Find a local farm for meats. We have been getting our chicken and beef locally. Otherwise get Laura’s ground beef and other cuts depending on the price.